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December 9, 2008, Tuesday

To the Editor: In his review of Stefan Kanfer's book on the Yiddish theater, ''Stardust Lost'' (Dec. 3), Joseph Dorman takes the author to task for including a reference to a meeting between Mark Twain and the noted Yiddish writer Sholom...

December 3, 2006, Sunday

To the Editor: I stand second to no man in my admiration for Lucille Ball. On my desert island, I want only the collected Dickens, plenty of peanut M&M's and a TV that shows ''I Love Lucy'' whenever I turn it on. That said, I must take issue with...

September 7, 2003, Sunday

To the Editor: In his review of ''Ball of Fire'' (Aug. 10), Terrence Rafferty faults the author, Stefan Kanfer, for failing to explain Lucille Ball's phenomenal success during the six-year run of ''I Love Lucy,'' and attempts an explanation of his...

August 31, 2003, Sunday

To the Editor: It seems to me, in reading Terrence Rafferty's review of the biography of Lucille Ball, that he missed an important connection. Much has been written about Lucy as a feminist or antifeminist icon (and her lack of a breakthrough in...